Model System:

Burn

Reference Type:

Journal

Accession No.:

J43482.

Journal:


Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

, 22, 6, 401-405

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Abstract:

Reviews literature that provides objective data on the ability to return to work after burns and analyzes data obtained from participants at 2 regional burn centers who were employed outside the home at the time of injury. The literature searched from 1966 through October 2000 yielded 10 articles with objective data that revealed a mean time off work of 9.6 weeks and burn severity was found as the most important predictor of time off work. In the two-center study, 66 percent of burn survivors had returned to work at 6 months and 90 percent had returned at 24 months following burn. The mean time off work for those who had returned by 24 months was 17 weeks.

Author(s):


Brych, S. B., Engrav, L. H., Rivara, F. P., Ptacek, J. T., Lezotte, D. C., Esselman, P. C., Kowalske, K. J., Gibran, N. S.

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